Hook and eye



(No'Modl.)

W. A. TOWLBEi HOOK AND EYE.

310.501,333 Patented. July 13 1393.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD A. TOWLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,633, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed October 27,1892. Serial No. 450,109. (No model.)

To all whomv it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD A. TOWLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Detroit,in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hooks and Eyes, of which thefollowing' is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements` in hooks and eyes.

The object of my invention is to provide a hook and eye of a strong,simple and light construction which may be securely sewed or "attachedto the fabric and which will not come unhooked or unfastened.

My invention consists in the novel construction of the hook and eyeherein showryid described, and more particularly pointed out in theclaims and wherebyI secure the above named object or result'.

In order that my hook and eye may be light and flexible and form no hardprojection on the garment which would be inconvenient to the wearerwhile at the same time it shall be sufficiently strongto withstand thestrain to which it would be subjected in ordinary usage, I make the hookof light IieXible wire and quadruple.

To' lock the hook and eye securely against accidental unfastenin g Iprovide the eye with inwardly projecting coils, the space between thesecoils being v narrower than the outer branches or members ofthequadruple hook, so that the hook will thus project against these coilsand thus prevent unfastening. This function is further secured by a pairof coils formed on the outer' branches or members of the hook and whichproject above the same just back of the loop of the hook, so that theloop of the eye will engage these coils, thus serving to hold the loopof the eye in place in the loop of the quadruple hook. The pair oflocking coils on the eye and also the pair of locking coils on the hookmay also be utilized as sewing holes for the thread in sewing the hookand eye to the fabric. The eye is made of one single piece of wire andthe quadruple hook of another piece of wire. At the two ends of eachpiece of wire coils are formed for sewing holes. v

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 isa plan formed of a single piece of wire a bent at its 6omiddle to form a loop a and having two inwardly projecting coils a2, thespace a3 between these coils being less than the width of the quadruplehook B at its loop or bent portion thereof, so that these inwardlyprojecting coils a2 on the eye will lock the hook from accidentalunfastening. The coils or sewing holes a4 a4 are formed at the twoextremities of the eye wire a. The hook B is formed of a single piece ofwire b having a close fold b 7o at its middle and each half of whichwire has a second close fold b2 to form the extremity or open end of thequadruple hook. The quadruple hook thus has two upper and outer membersor branches b3 and two inner and 75 lower -members or branches b4. Thetwo outer branches b3 are further provided with outwardly projectingcoils b5 b5, said coils being formed or projecting above said branchesor members b3 at the loop portion c7 thereof so 8o that they will serveas stops for the loop a of the eye to fit against and thus lock the samein position in the loop or eye receptacle 197. The free ends of eachbranch b3 of the quadruple hook are furnished with coils ha bs forsewing holes. The outwardly and upwardly projecting coils b5 which serveto lock the eye in place in the loop 57 of the quadruple hook may alsobe utilized as sewing holes. The

quadruple hook thus has four sewing holes 9o and the eye a like number.It will also be observed that the inwardly projecting coilsa2 on the eyeA likewise serve to prevent the" loop portion a of the eye from lyingquite iiat against the cloth as these coils are formed beneath the loopa. This facilitates somewhat the engagement of the hook and eye.

The close folds or bends b and b2 b2 in the hook wire h are formed atright angles to v each other so that the branches b3 b4 of the roc hook,especially at the prong end of the hook, lie directly one above theother, while the two Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the 55branches b4 b4 of the hook as well as the two branches h3 b3 of the hooklie side by side. The two inner and lower branches b4 b4 of the hookshould lit down upon or between the branches b3 b3 at the portions b9 b9thereof which lie in between the coils b5 b5 and bs bs.

I clainrl. The hook and eye comprising an eye A formed of a single pieceof wire ahaving loop a and inwardly projecting locking coils a2 d2 andquadruple hook B formed of a single piece of wire b having a close foldor bend b at its middle and two close folds b2 b2 one in each half toform the quadruple branches or meinbers b3 b3 and b4 b4 of the hook, theouter pair of branches b3 b3 having locking coils b5 b5 formed thereinfor the loop d of the eye to project against, the space between saidlocking coils d2 d2 on the eye being less than the width of thequadruple hook, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with an eye A of the quadruple hook B formed of asingle piece of wire b havinga close fold b at its middle and two closefolds b2 b2 at the prong end of the quadruple hook, said hook having twoouter and upper branches b3 b3 and two lower and inner branches b4 b4,said branches b3 b3 having coils b5 b5 formed therein and projectingabove said branches b3 b3 at the loop 1970i said quadruple hook to forma lock for the loop of the eye to project against, substantially asspecified.

WILLARD A. TOWLER.

Witnesses:

ll. M. MUNDAY,

EMMA HACK.

